Scalloped Edge Poncho

I recently completed this scalloped edge poncho but I could not get a good photo of it. The bottom of the poncho has a really neat pattern that looks like little trees above the scalloped edge. I managed to get a couple of OK photos outside this morning, but they would have turned out nicer, had the sun been out. The pattern is from sweaterbabe.com.

I also learned a pretty cool trick to use when casting on a large amount of stitches. Using two balls of yarn, make a slipknot but don't count it as your first stitch. Next, cast on all stitches using the two balls of yarn and then slip the first slipknot off and cut the yarn from one of the balls. It worked great and took the guesswork out of trying to gauge how much yarn to use to cast on.